Guild Wars 2

Hello everyone, finally got back to GW2 after playing just after launch and then stopping due to other commitments. I’m a bit unfamiliar with all the professions after my long absence and have been looking at them all again. I have narrowed it down to Warrior and Thief. If someone could maybe outline the advantages and disadvantages of playing these two professions I would be grateful.

Note: I will only be playing PvE and WvW so anything about sPvP isn’t going to factor into my decision.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks for reading

- Thief: currently the best single target dps, recently they got the ability to cleave with dagger. Low health pool but got many active defenses like spammable dodges and blinds. Paired with an ele, can deal monstrous damage with conjures. Can easily stack stealth/might by blasting shortbow 2nd skill on smoke/fire fields respectively. Oh, and of course a thief can provide stealth for the entire party in order to skip silly parts in dungeons.

- Warrior: highest hp pool, heavy armor, HP regenerating overtime, awesome offensive support with banners, Empower Allies, FGJ, can easily sustain 20-25might for entire party if traited in phalanx strength and has got very good cleaving damage. Easier to play than thief and also does more damage when more enemies are present. It got nerfed in the recent patches, but still deals very respectable damage. Thief is still superior in terms of dps, especially if an ele is present in party, but it’s easier to keep up the dps with a warrior since it’s easier to survive and you can just facetank most things. It’s more noobproof.

I usually main warrior in any videogame and gw2 is no exception, however as of recently I’ve been playing a lot on my thief. Seeing those huge numbers is too much satisfying. Both warrior and thief can pop big numbers

Cool cheers for the detailed response man. I appreciate it. I think I’m gonna go with a thief and see what happens. Cheers for all the help